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  What made us different?

  by Lo-ru-hamah in

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  i am wondering, what made all of us different?

  to explain.

  obviously most all of us here were at one time brainwashed and endoctrinated with the rest of the rank and file of jw's.

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  A cookie.

  One day out on service this lady at the door gave two elderly JW's some cookies. They chatted with her as they ate the cookies and complimented her on how tasty they were. As they finished their conversation with her she mentioned she had made the cookies to sell to fund an activity at her church. The two elderly JW's said their salutations, with their mouths full of cookie, to the lady and as they turned around to face the street and out of her sight, they both spit the cookie into their hands and later informed the rest of the service group to what had happened, with the commendations from many in the group. I was flabbergasted on the action of these two elderly JWs.

  This crazy behavior started something within my brain to jolt and I began to critically analyze beliefs and eventually myself.

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  IE7 BETA

  by Grouper in

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  anyone using internet explorer 7 beta?

  i have installed it and it so far functions really well, it has a much sleeker apperance than ie6.

  you gain approx 20% screen space compared to ie6.

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  Admins can you please move to Entertainment section

  Thanks
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  What are you eating tonight?

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  we're about to dig into new york strip steak, a'la matt..... and fried potatoes country style, a'la jojo..... aaaaaaand we're halfway through a bottle of yellowtail chiraz...viva la australia!!!!!!

  luv, jojo

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  A torta (Ribeye in french roll, w/ tomatoes, lettuce, avocado, a tad of mayo) and washing it down with a New Castle....

  Yum
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  IE7 BETA

  by Grouper in

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  anyone using internet explorer 7 beta?

  i have installed it and it so far functions really well, it has a much sleeker apperance than ie6.

  you gain approx 20% screen space compared to ie6.

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  Anyone using Internet Explorer 7 Beta? What do you think? Do you like? I have installed it and it so far functions really well, it has a much sleeker apperance than IE6. You gain approx 20% screen space compared to IE6. It has a handy delete all button in its properties to delete cookies, history, etc.... Handy when you should not be on this site.

  late.
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  Awake = College Education, % of brain usage, where are these?

  by drew sagan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard that this is somewhere in the magazines, but i have no clue where.

  also, does anybody know where (or even if) the watchtower ever fed off the idea that we only use a fraction of our brains, an idea that has proven to be false?

  i heard so many people talk about this in discussion, but have been unable to locate it in a publication.

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  These perceptions are usually perpetuated by elders/CO's during friendly chat or from the platform. I wrote about an experience with the 10% myth I had with our CO a few years ago.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/81154/1.ashx

  Trying to disprove evolution by arguing that humans never use the full capacity of our brains within our given lifetime runs into complications when we realize that the same holds true to many animals such as whales, chimps, and dolphins........... Well, maybe they have a hope of life everlasting as well.
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  california

  by lola28 in

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  i was just wondering how many here are from california, i noticed several and just wanted to see how many of us there are.. .

  lola

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  LA area
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  JWD WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE ME THE PARADISE WAS A MYTH BUT...

  by stillAwitness in

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  the talk given today sounded pretty convincing.

  facts were stated about how our body is designed to live forever (the brain, blood vessels etc) and how all these intricated details about the human body raises us to ask the question: "did not jehovah design us with the purpose of living forever?

  now i've read the threads about how there just would not be enough room in the world for all those people.

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  My cat just told me she wants to live forever..........

  She meowed how she was amazingly made and that the 16 to 20 years of life felines live is not enough time to develop her hunting skills... If she lived to 200 years she said that even I could become her prey........

  But then she hastly turned around and started liking her but..........

  Oh well
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  XBOX 360

  by Grouper in

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  anyone out there getting an xbox 360 tomorrow, 11/22, the first day it goes on sale.. what are your thoughts on the system?

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  Update:

  Riko- Started playing PDZ, the game looks great but not nearly as great as on HD tvs that display the 360 at stores.

  I am now looking for a HD TV in the $1000-$2000 range, any suggestions?

  I have not played the online part of it yet but from people I've talked to that is where this game shines.

  I only played like 35 minutes of the game because I have been playing this game I bought for $4 from the live arcade called Geometry Wars, this game is fast, easy to learn and beautiful. It is a 2D game but it is addicting it reminds me of a cross between Asteriods anf Tempest 2000.

  So far very happy with 360.

  This live arcade and Microsoft Points bundle I think has a lot of potential.
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  Chewing Gum at KH

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the elders frown upon chewing gum at the kingdom hall and we have had a locals needs part where it was mentioned.

  is/was chewing gum at your hall a no-no?

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  When I was a kid we had a local needs about chewing gum that was the best and funniest local needs I have ever seen. A large screen TV was used to showcase a mock media report that was video taped and was going to show what happens to gum when you drop it inside or outside the KH. The kids in the hall where asked to sit at the front of because we where the targeted crowd. The media report started with the elder telling us that their was a bad report on TV about chewing gum at the hall as all the kids start watching intently the video start playing and the reporter standing in front of the hall starts his dialogue but that is as far as I remember because I had no I idea my dad was going to be the reporter and when I saw this I started laughing loudly.

  Boy was that funny, but quite memorable. They actually did a really cool job with this.
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  XBOX 360

  by Grouper in

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  anyone out there getting an xbox 360 tomorrow, 11/22, the first day it goes on sale.. what are your thoughts on the system?

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  I got mine last night and was able to play with it a little. My impressions of it so far are positive. The online service is great and aesthetically it just looks awesome. I bought two games for it Perfect Dark and Kameo I didn't get a chance to play them yet. I networked it to my PC and was watching my photos and playing my music on my TV connected to my 5.1 surround sound in my living room. I don’t yet have a HD TV but it still looks great.

  This system is much more powerful than a cost comparable PC. At $400 you get a system that has three 3.2 GHz processors as its CPU, 512 MB of RAM and a custom ATI video card. (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/xbox360/powerplay.htm)

  A comparable computer would be more like an Alienware, which cost up to $3000.